- Date
- December 21, 1982, 10:23 local (16:23 UTC)
- Place
- Waterloo, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N600TSPiper PA31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821221068659I
- Case key
- 72974
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Prior to landing N600TS reportedly had an unsafe nose gear down indication. At landing touchdown, the nose gear collapsed. Examination revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction however the bearing ends, p/n 452-412, showed evidence of overload failure. The incident occurred on a FAR 91 positioning flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600TS
- Reported as
- Piper PA31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7305047
- Airframe hours
- 8,482
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- American Central Airlines
- Registered owner
- American Central Airlines
- Departed
- C · Marshfield, WI
- Destination
- C · Waterloo, IA
- Airport
- ALO · Waterloo Muni, runway 12, 8,401 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 15° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N600TS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.